#DDD397#DDD397

#DDD397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.079 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD397
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -5.53, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 31.51, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0134 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.079 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6996, 64.1964, 38.5711)
Luminance	0.6420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD397 #97A1DD

analogous

#DDB097 #DDD397 #C4DD97

triadic

#DDD397 #97DDD3 #D397DD

tetradic

#DDD397 #97DDB0 #97A1DD #DD97C4

square

#DDD397 #97DDB0 #97A1DD #DD97C4

split-complementary

#DDD397 #97C4DD #B097DD

monochromatic

#BCAA3D #CEBF69 #DDD397 #ECE7C5 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#DDD397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD397

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD397	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.079 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0b6',
    500: '#ddd397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd397;
$custom-light: #e8e0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86073,
    "c": 0.07858,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD397

secondary

#636FB5

accent

#3DBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD397

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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